GrahamR's Italeri Tiger Tanks

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GrahamR's Italeri Tiger Tanks

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Graham spotted the build article in Airfix Model World, and as it was his birthday, he got this kit:

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Two Tiger tanks in 1/72 scale, with 10 parts each. No decals.

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Quite nice detail on them too... :)
One of the gun barrels is a bit warped though :roll:

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As you can imagine, with a nine year old and a kit with 10 parts, the build process was pretty short. He's a dab hand with the sprue cutters now.

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That Humbrol glue from the gift sets is very smelly. His mother was not impressed :oops:

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The only badly fitting section is the front hull, where the upper and lower sections meet.

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I haven't managed to get him to paint it yet though.

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A sleeping Yorkshire pig.

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And before you make the comment, I come from Derbyshire :mrgreen: :ha:
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Sorry, I'm confused - did the pig come with the kits? :shock: Bit of a non-sequitor, that! :)

Nice job on the Tiger, Graham - aren't you going to show your dad how to paint a model though? :grin: Oh, and Happy Birthday!
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To counter the possible downturn in sales, Italeri now offer, with each Armour Kit, the choice of a book; "The Big Boy's Book Of Bolt Heads And Rivets During Operation: Barbarossa", or a Yorkshire Pig and Pen. :mrgreen:

Happy Belated Birthday Graham. Get your Dad to demonstrate dry-brushing.
A friend of mine has serious disabilities and had made a Chieftain tank he wasn't pleased with. I showed him how to dry-brush and he re-painted his tank and is now chuffed to bits!

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The pig's there to make sure people pay attention. And it worked :ha:

We went to the Ottawa Agricultural Museum and Farm on Good Friday. :)
We have a family ticket which gets us in anytime. It also works for the Aviation Museum and the Science and Technology Museum. Perfect for the geeks :) (that's us).

I'm thinking of a diorama for the tanks...
"Unternehmen Schweinestall" - Operation Pigsty :)
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Great work so far. Interesting pig!
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